Prepare for departure

[andrewducker]

Those of you between Canada and Mexico may wish to revise your living arrangements.

PATRIOT II is under review. This sequel to the delightful PATRIOT act will include:

• Americans could have their citizenship revoked, if found to have contributed "material support" to organizations deemed by the government, even retroactively, to be "terrorist."



• Legal permanent residents (like, say, my French wife), could be deported instantaneously, without a criminal charge or even evidence, if the Attorney General considers them a threat to national security.



• Authorities could wiretap anybody for 15 days, and snoop on anyone's Internet usage (including chat and email), all without obtaining a warrant.



• The government would be specifically instructed not to release any information about detainees held on suspicion of terrorist activities, until they are actually charged with a crime.



• Police officers carrying out illegal searches would also be granted legal immunity if they were just carrying out orders.

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Comments

[kpollock.livejournal.com]

Oh, and we're a representative democracy

I know that, I know we actually are not a simple democracy - some sense of fairness and equality etc. are (still) built in. I just get peeved with people thinking democracy is the 'answer'. Pure democracy would be really horrible.

The elected are rarely going to ignore the majority, they can't afford to or they are out on their ear [before they can get any of their long term plans working (or not as the case may be)].